Tommy Yarr

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Tommy Yarr
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Yarr, c. 1931
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Position Center
Personal information
Born(1908-12-04)December 4, 1908
Dabob, Washington, U.S.
DiedDecember 24, 1941(1941-12-24) (aged 33)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College Notre Dame
Career history
Playing
Coaching
Awards and highlights
Stats at Pro Football Reference
College Football Hall of Fame

Thomas Cornelius Yarr (December 4, 1908 – December 24, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a center at the University of Notre Dame, where was captain of the 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and a consensus section to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He then professionally for one season, in 1933, for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Yarr served as the head football coach at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio from 1934 to 1935, compiling a record of 6–10–2. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.

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Yarr was Native American of Snohomish descent. [1] He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1941. [2]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Ohio Athletic Conference)(1934–1935)
1934 John Carroll5–2–21–1–211th
1935 John Carroll1–80–421st
John Carroll:6–10–21–5–2
Total:31–23–11

References

  1. ↑ King, C. Richard (2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 802. ISBN   9781317464020 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Death Beckons Tommy Yarr". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. December 25, 1941. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .


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